With the new year underway, it's the perfect time to map out your holiday calendar for 2025. For workers in the UK, Bank Holidays in the UK provide an excellent opportunity to maximise annual ...

Longer days, blooming flowers and nicer weather - here's the exact date we'll welcome the new season in the UK.

We're now almost into the second month of 2025, and there has been one bank holiday so far for England and Wales. New Year's Day is marked as a UK-wide holiday ... eight bank holidays in England ...

Being aware of the upcoming bank holidays in the UK can help you plan your time off and make the most of these dates. If a bank holiday falls on a weekend, a 'substitute' weekday becomes a bank ...

hard-working Brits enjoy a handful of days off thanks to bank holidays. But how long do we have to wait until the next one and when will we get some well-earned time off next year? The UK could ...

In the UK, we’ve had official bank holidays since 1871 ... The vast majority of these are linked to the Catholic calendar, for example the Assumption of Mary and All Saints’ Day.

Why are they called bank holidays? And why are there not one ... because it used to be held on the day-off in the Christian calendar after Whit Sunday or Pentecost. Whit Sunday always falls ...

Easter is one of the most important dates in the Christian calendar, and it’s also ... with a national bank holiday in the UK. Easter Monday will follow on Monday, April 21, which will complete ...